Joe’s Money

Joe’s mom gave him $40 for cutting their grass. He used the money to buy a $10.75 game and two snacks that cost $3.25 each. Joe also bought a bouquet of flowers for his mom. If Joe went home with 1/4 of the money his mom gave him, how much did the flowers cost?

• $10.00

• $12.75

• $16.00

• $17.25

Aiden and his two friends ordered a pizza with 12 slices. Together they ate 2/3 of the pizza. If they evenly divided what was left, how many slices would each of them receive?

• 1 slice

• 1 1/3 slices

• 4 slices

• 8 slices

Kate conducts a survey at her middle school to determine the students’ favorite sport. Which sampling method would best produce a representative sample of the population?

• Kate surveys the football team.

• Kate surveys seventh grade students.

• Kate surveys every fourth student entering the school.

• Kate surveys every eighth student from a roster of the choir members.

Triangle 2 is a scale drawing of Triangle 1.

• 4.5

• 12.5

• 36.0

• 45.0

The graph shows how many calories are in a store’s best-selling candy.

• 1/20

• 1/15

• 15

• 60

A company manufactures cell phones. In August, a random sample of 125 cell phones were inspected, and 3 phones were found to be defective. The company manufactured 8,000 cell phones in August. Based on the results from the sample, about how many cell phones are expected to be defective?

• 64 cell phones

• 192 cell phones

• 2,667 cell phones

• 3,360 cell phones

Lee mows 1/3 of his lawn and uses 1/2 of a gallon of gas. What fraction of the lawn can he mow per gallon?

• 1/6

• 5/6

• 2/3

• 3/2

Jasmine walked 1/2 of a mile to school. After school, she walked 1/3 of a mile to her aunt’s house. Afterwards, she walked 5/6 of a mile home. If Jasmine walks the same path every day, Monday through Friday, how many miles does she walk in 1 week?

• 2 1/3 miles

• 5 11/5 miles

• 5 6/5 miles

• 8 3/8 miles

Jessie is helping her grandmother plant a garden in the shape of the trapezoid shown.

• 28.75 square feet

• 93.75 square feet

• 125.00 square feet

• 187.50 square feet

Michael works in an electronics store. The manager tells Michael he wants to take 20% off a $495.00 television. If the television does not sell, the manager will again reduce the sale price by 25%. Michael tells the manager to reduce the original price by 45% because the sale price would be the same. Is Michael correct?

• No, Michael’s method has a greater effect on the sale price.

• No, the manager’s method has a greater effect on the sale price.

• Yes, the sale price for both the manager’s method and Michael’s method is $272.25.

• Yes, the manager’s method and Michael’s method both equal a 45% discount off the original price.